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This letter is being send to help you understand just how competitive
the Real Estate market is.

In my area alone, there are over 1,100 licensed Realtors. Each one
of us is working in harmony with each other to share our listings in
order to take care of our clients (the public). This is through the
MLS. We pay for this service out of our hard earned commission. We are
also shareholders of our MLS, does that make us a utility?

The beautiful and unique thing about our industry is the sharing of
all of our inventory. This is almost unheard of in other businesses.
The MLS allows us to do that. We can be a high roller, selling millions
of dollars of Real Estate or a specialty market agent, selling one or
two properties per year . We are all equal and have access to the same
information.

The new ILD is a win-win for consumers and Realtors and I hope you
will adopt it.